Uhh are you serious? Journalists hide behind annonomyus sources, slander the hell out of public figures and then print one centemeter retractions buried where no one can see, can hide behind press sheild laws and the absolute malice standard for defamation. Journalists have zero accountability. My last year of college I took a law and ethics in journalism course as a condition of graduation. The course was taught by a fairly prominent media lawyer. We spent the first eight weeks going over the law. The final week of class he began the ethics portion by asking the class "Can anyone tell me what the ethical standards are in journalism"? No one responded. He then said, "Thats the right answer, because there are none." He was 100% right. How many journalists make up stories, attach quotes to people who never said what the newspaper claims they said, etc. etc. If you ever saw the show "The Wire" on HBO and watched the final season, you will get some first hand insight into how newspapers operate. I recomend you check it out.
As far as teaching goes, maybe you know a bunch of self righteous moralists who pretend getting three months pay for no work isn't one of the reasons they got into the profession, but thats bullshit. If your a woman who has young children or who wants to become pregnant, its a definite perk to the job. If you value the ability to take vacation time, or earn extra income during the summer, its also a huge perk. Whether they admit it or not, its true.
